Bill: be happy, install Linux and Wine + VirtualBox for the windows stuff you don't have anoother option.
best, Mariano On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Schwab,Wilhelm K <[email protected]>wrote: > You want tough? :) I have now poked around enough to see that they have > worked _really_ hard to completely screw up the explorer. They've flipped > the meaning of the open and explore commands; it's no big deal, but it's > pointless. Where there were once scroll bars, one now has to hover with the > mouse and somehow will the hidden pixels into view: maybe they were thinking > of charging extra for that feature as a Ouija board simulator. I realize > that I am expecting too much from a first service pack, but it seems sad to > watch the system go into (minor) hysterics when faced with a flash drive in > a USB port. The mouse cursor went nuts, and it seems to think it has > several such drives connected (it does not) making it a fun exercise to > figure out which of the devices to stop. > > Overall, it's worse than I expected, and THAT'S saying something. I might > play around more tomorrow, but that noise you hear is a drive getting ready > to be reformatted. > > Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Boris Popov > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] [OT] Vista must-see items?? > > Like I said, tough crowd :) > > -Boris > > -- > +1.604.689.0322 > DeepCove Labs Ltd. > 4th floor 595 Howe Street > Vancouver, Canada V6C 2T5 > http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Igor Stasenko > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] [OT] Vista must-see items?? > > 2009/7/29 Boris Popov <[email protected]>: > > By that time free upgrade coupon would have arrived for the retail > > version, and new machines are entitled to it after June 26th, but I > > rest my case :) > > > Your statement having a severe semantic error: the words 'free' and > 'Microsoft' can't be used together in same context :) > > > -Boris > > > > -- > > +1.604.689.0322 > > DeepCove Labs Ltd. > > 4th floor 595 Howe Street > > Vancouver, Canada V6C 2T5 > > http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Igor > > Stasenko > > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:52 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] [OT] Vista must-see items?? > > > > 2009/7/29 Boris Popov <[email protected]>: > >> Install Windows 7 RC and revert to Classic look. > >> > > which will refuse to boot after 1 Jan 2010. > > Thanks, but No :) > > > >> -Boris > >> > >> -- > >> +1.604.689.0322 > >> DeepCove Labs Ltd. > >> 4th floor 595 Howe Street > >> Vancouver, Canada V6C 2T5 > >> http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> Schwab,Wilhelm K > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:19 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [Pharo-project] [OT] Vista must-see items?? > >> > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I finally bought a new machine. It arrived with a severe malware > >> infection (Vista), and while I was tempted to blow it away w/o even > >> so much as letting it boot, I decided to have a look. Is there > >> anything I should try before the stampede of Penguins begins? > >> > >> In particular, is there any way to gag the animation/visual > >> effects/whatever they call them? > >> > >> Bill > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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